| General information | |
|---|---|
| Number | P233578/F |
| Current status | Determination Made |
| Decision | Refused |
| Appeal decision | |
| Type | Planning Permission |
| Location | Land at Oatcroft Farm North of Eywood Road Titley Kington Herefordshire HR5 3RU |
| Proposal | Proposed construction of a 30MW Solar Farm for a temporary period of 40 years, including solar photovoltaic arrays, string inverters, transformer stations, a control building, a DNO substation compound, aDNO room, a spares container, a customer substation, perimeter and palisade fencing, internal and external access roads, swales (SuDS) and associated soft landscaping and biodiversity enhancements. |
| Parish | Titley |
| Ward | Arrow |
| Easting/Northing | 331507 - 260015 |
| Agent address | ADAS Planning 4205 Park Approach Leeds LS15 8GB |
| Applicant address | C/o Agent |
| Publicity date | Tuesday 19 December 2023 |
| Comments by | Wednesday 14 February 2024 |
| Application dates | |
|---|---|
| Date received | Monday 4 December 2023 |
| Date validated | Monday 4 December 2023 |
| Consultation start date | Tuesday 19 December 2023 |
| Consultation end date | Wednesday 14 February 2024 |
| Decision date | Wednesday 20 March 2024 |
| Target determination date | Monday 4 March 2024 |
| Consultees | |
|---|---|
| Consultee | |
| Organisation name | Public Rights of Way Development Officer |
| Address | Balfour Beatty Unit 3 Thorn Business Park Rotherwas Industrial Estate HR2 6JT |
| Date consulted | 19 December 2023 |
| Consultee | |
| Organisation name | Operations Delivery |
| Address | Consultations Team (Natural England) County Hall Spetchley Road Worcester WR5 2NP |
| Date consulted | 19 December 2023 |
| Consultee | |
| Organisation name | |
| Address | 60 Hafod Road Hereford Herefordshire HR1 1SQ |
| Date consulted | 19 December 2023 |
| Consultee | |
| Organisation name | Gardens Trust |
| Address | 70 Conservation Casework Manager Cowcross Street London EC1M 6BJ |
| Date consulted | 19 December 2023 |
| Consultee | |
| Organisation name | |
| Address | Queenswood Country Park and Arboretum Leominster Herefordshire HR6 0PY |
| Date consulted | 19 December 2023 |
| Consultee | |
| Organisation name | |
| Address | West Midlands Region Whitcliffe Ludlow Shropshire SY8 2HD |
| Date consulted | 19 December 2023 |
| Consultee | |
| Organisation name | The Ramblers Association |
| Address | 98 Gorsty Lane Hereford Herefordshire HR1 1UN |
| Date consulted | 19 December 2023 |
| Consultee | |
| Organisation name | Balfour Beatty Living Places |
| Address | Unit 3 Thorn Business Park Rotherwas Hereford HR2 6JT |
| Date consulted | 19 December 2023 |
| Consultee | |
| Organisation name | Open Spaces Society (North) |
| Address | The Old Vicarage Dolau Powys LD1 5TH |
| Date consulted | 19 December 2023 |
| Consultee | |
| Organisation name | Environmental Health |
| Address | 8 Herefordshire Council St Owen Street Hereford Herefordshire HR1 2PJ |
| Date consulted | 19 December 2023 |
| Consultee | |
| Organisation name | Dwr Cymru Welsh Water - Developer Services |
| Address | P.O. Box 3146 Linea Fortran Road Cardiff CF30 0EH |
| Date consulted | 19 December 2023 |
| Consultee | |
| Organisation name | Hereford and Worcester Fire Service |
| Address | 109-113 Hereford Fire Station St Owen Street Hereford Herefordshire HR1 2JP |
| Date consulted | 19 December 2023 |
| Consultee | |
| Organisation name | Built and Natural Environment |
| Address | Herefordshire Council Plough Lane Hereford HR4 0LE |
| Date consulted | 19 December 2023 |
| Consultee | |
| Organisation name | Built and Natural Environment |
| Address | Herefordshire Council Plough Lane Hereford HR4 0LE |
| Date consulted | 19 December 2023 |
| Consultee | |
| Organisation name | Conservation Department (Archaeology) |
| Address | Archive And Record Centre Fir Tree Lane Rotherwas Hereford HR2 6LA |
| Date consulted | 19 December 2023 |
| Consultee | |
| Organisation name | Herefordshire Council |
| Address | Herefordshire Council, Plough Lane Offices Plough Lane Hereford Herefordshire HR4 0LE |
| Date consulted | 19 December 2023 |
| Consultee | |
| Organisation name | Built and Natural Environment |
| Address | Herefordshire Council Plough Lane Hereford HR4 0LE |
| Date consulted | 19 December 2023 |
| Consultee | |
| Organisation name | Herefordshire Council |
| Address | Council Offices Plough Lane Hereford Herefordshire HR4 0LE |
| Date consulted | 19 December 2023 |
| Consultee | |
| Organisation name | Kington Rural PC |
| Address | 1 The Old Police Station Market Hall Street Kington Herefordshire HR5 3DP |
| Date consulted | 19 December 2023 |
| Consultee | |
| Organisation name | Titley PC |
| Address | Flintsham Court Titley Kington HR5 3RG |
| Date consulted | 19 December 2023 |
| Consultee | |
| Organisation name | Rodd, Nash & Little Brampton PC |
| Address | Flintsham Court Titley Kington HR5 3RG |
| Date consulted | 19 December 2023 |
| Consultee | |
| Organisation name | Kington |
| Address | Cross Farm Kington Herefordshire HR5 3EX |
| Date consulted | 19 December 2023 |
| Consultee | |
| Organisation name | Arrow |
| Address | Herefordshire Council, c/o Governance Support Plough Lane Hereford Herefordshire HR4 0LE |
| Date consulted | 19 December 2023 |
| Consultee | |
| Organisation name | |
| Address | Neuadd Brycheinion Brecon Monmouthshire LD3 7HR |
| Date consulted | 30 January 2024 |
| Consultee | |
| Organisation name | Lyonshall PC |
| Address | Fir Bank Lyonshall Kington HR5 3LN |
| Date consulted | 30 January 2024 |
Relevant documents
Application Form (1)
- R AppForm 2.2MB
Decisions (1)
- Decision Notice 136KB
Supporting Documents (33)
- Landscape Masterplan 6.4MB
- R Ecological Impact Assessment Part 2 of 2 29.5MB
- R Ecological Impact Assessment Part 1 of 2 (Main Report) 1.2MB
- Landscape and Visual Appraisal Part 3 (Appendix 2-4) 608KB
- Landscape and Visual Appraisal Part 2 (Appendix 1) 30.0MB
- Landscape and Visual Appraisal Report Part 1 of 3 (Main Report) 773KB
- R Landscape and Ecological Management Plan 7.9MB
- R Planning Design and Access Statement 1.0MB
- R Biodiversity Net Gain Assessment 9.2MB
- Tree Survey Schedule 1.6MB
- Tree Constraints Plan 9.1MB
- Statement of Community Involvement 30.6MB
- Solar PV Glint and Glare Study 7.9MB
- R Skylark Mitigation and Management Plan 1.1MB
- R Preliminary Ecological Appraisal 5.5MB
- R Noise Impact Assessment 7.6MB
- Highway Statement 7.6MB
- Heritage Statement 8.5MB
- R Habitat Regulations Assessment 5.7MB
- R Ground Level Tree Assessment 1.2MB
- Geophysical Survey Report 28.9MB
- R Flood Risk Assessment and Outline Drainage Strategy 11.3MB
- R eDNA Findings 16.5MB
- Construction Traffic Management Plan 699KB
- Climate Change Compliance Checklist 628KB
- R Breeding Bird Report 1.3MB
- Biodiversity & Ecology Measures Compliance Checklist 255KB
- R Bat Survey Report 6.4MB
- Archaeological Desk-Based Assessment 11.2MB
- Agricultural Land Classification 1.2MB
- SG350HX datasheet 188KB
- MVS3150-LV datasheet 507KB
- HiKu7 Mono PERC datasheet 482KB
Drawings (13)
- GS_13_SP Topographical Survey 1.2MB
- 1014-D50_00 C Site Plan 1.8MB
- 1014-P10 A Spare Parts Container 604KB
- 1014-P08 A Customer Substation 591KB
- 1014-P07 A DNO Building 625KB
- 1014-P06 A Substation Palisade Fence 551KB
- 1014-P05 A DNO Substation 839KB
- 1014-P04 A Transformer Station 676KB
- 1014-P02 A Perimeter Fence CCTV Detail 568KB
- 1014-P01 A Solar PV Array Detail 586KB
- 1014-D10 A Control Building 562KB
- 1014-D03 A Internal Access Track Detail 571KB
- 1014-P20 A Site Location Plan 650KB
Correspondence (1)
Representations (25)
- Land Drainage Comments 220KB
- Environmental Health (Noise) Comments 298KB
- Highways comments 48KB
- Natural England comment 177KB
- R Herefordshire CPRE Comments 1.2MB
- Woodland Trust comments - Obj 288KB
- Landscape Comments 406KB
- Woodlands Trust Comments OBJ 300KB
- R National Trust Comments 7.3MB
- Lyonshall Parish Council comments 22KB
- Habitats Regulation Assessment 228KB
- Ecology comments 141KB
- HBO comments 57KB
- Tree comments 47KB
- Parish Council Comments 261KB
- R Mr M Smeaton comment 165KB
- Archaeology 45KB
- The Gardens Trust Comments 11.1.24 785KB
- Gardens Trust comment 17KB
- Gardens Trust comment 17KB
- Welsh Water Comments 265KB
- R Parish Council Comments 69KB
- Hereford & Worcester Fire Rescue Service comments 7.2MB
- R Forestry Commission comments 228KB
- EHO (Contaminated Land & Noise) comments 104KB
Officer Report (1)
- Delegated Report 1.7MB